Printing Problems can Cause Many Headaches
Murphy's Law dictates that when you need your printer the most it will seem to have a mind of its own. You hit several buttons on your printer with no response. The printer has gone haywire and you are wits end. Before you throw the printer out the window to its death, take a look at the following printing problems that could be at the root of this situation.
First let's look at your printer driver. No, your driver is not the guy that drives you to a fancy occassion. The printer driver communicates between your software and printer. If this printer driver is missing either due to a power surge or system crash then you need to reinstall it. Or if you have connected a new printer to your computer you need to make sure that the printer driver for the new printer is installed. Otherwise your computer will ignore your new printer.
If you printer used to work, but now does not, it may be to a crash or power surge on your system. This may have caused your printer driver to be uninstalled. If you have a new printer then you will need to install the printer driver for that new printer.
Another printer affliction is jammed paper. Especially if you pulled the paper out of the printer only to have small pieces wedged in the innerworkings of the printer. If this occurs you need to carefully pick through the printer to find all the lose paper pieces. Then hit the paper feed button to get yourself back in business.
If you find that your printer was out of paper prior to initiating the printing process, simply sticking more paper in fails to do anything. Again, you will probably need to hit the paper feed or reset button before it will function properly. Sometimes, you may just have to print the job over again.
During the course of the day, it is not uncommon for things to get hectic. It is an easy thing to disconnect the connection between the printer and your computer. Without this connection, your computer is no longer telling the printer what to do.
Did you check the computer to printer physical connection? Your job may keep you busy all day and the connection between the printer and computer may have come unplugged. It's funny how something as basic as this problem are not noticed.
However, it may confuse your computer and send it into a tizzy if you just plug the cord back in so it is best to play it safe and turn the computer off first. Then, just reattach it and restart your computer.
Conchita Reid is the chief writer for, and editor of Reid Printing, visit there today for the latest Printing advice, and while you're there sign up for the free newsletter. Read many more interesting articles on Printing at: http://www.reidprinting.com/articles
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